The Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic at the Bellagio is closing in on the final 6, but with some controversy along the way.  Before the hand in question that eliminated John Juanda and brought the field down to 10 players both Mike “SowersUNCC” Sowers and Lee Salem were eliminated.
Sowers moved all in for [...]

It was a level filled with double ups and eliminations. The field dwindled down to 16 by days end and some P5ers fell by the wayside during the homestretch of Day 4:
Falling into the “busto” category are Jamie “TheCronic420” Rosen (pictured left) and Brent “BHanks11” Hanks. Rosen’s demise came when he got it [...]

We’re still not halfway through the day and the past level has been an eventful one. The 27-person money bubble burst when Hasan Habib busted out at the hands of JeremyBrown in 28th place. Play paused as the final three tables redrew seats and the remainder of the 600/1,200 ante 1,000 played out [...]

At the end of the the previous level both Amit “Amak316″ Makhija and Bryan “badneatninja” Devonshire had seen their stock rise to over 500k. Another hour and a half later and Makhija is sitting behind a pile of chips that totals up to 850k while Devo saw all of his chips go to Danny [...]

Chad “M8kingmoves” Batista must be on the nice list this year.  He just got an early Christmas present at the Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic when Jean Noel Thorel made a play that left a lot of people trying to figure out what just happened and left Chad with a mountain of chips [...]